The Monday Morning Books-Blogging Post

This Week: Tom Wolfe, Christopher Hitchens, Gore Vidal and More

Transcending Bats and Balls The best sports writing of all time. [Rake's Progress]

From the Outer Stand of the Field The passage from I Am Charlotte Simmons for which Tom Wolfe won the Literary Review's annual Bad Sex award. [Guardian Unlimited]

Who Needs Pot When You've Got a Fifth of Scotch? Christopher Hitchens reviews Hippie. [Professor Althouse]

Lawyers, Expensive Suits, and Clients A bibliophile does jury duty. [Return of the Reluctant]

No End to Booklists Australia's one hundred favorites. [My Favourite Book] (thanks to Helen Gunnarsson)

Everyone Loves a Modest Weblogger See her along with five other webloggers on C-Span2, or catch it in reruns. [Maud Newton]

Oil and Water William F. Buckley bests Gore Vidal--not once, but twice. [The Volokh Conspiracy]

Will Anyone Read It If They Have to Pay? Bloggers get book deals. [The New York Times]